Reservations in India - Ambedkar

INTRODUCTION In early September 2001, world television news viewers saw an unusual sight. A delegation from India had come to the United Nations Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, not to join in condemnations of Western countries but to condemn India and its treatment of its Dalits (oppressed), as Indians better known abroad as untouchables call themselves. The Chairman of India s official but independent National Human Rights Commission thought the plight of one-sixth of India s population was worthy of inclusion in the conference agenda, but the Indian government did not agree. India s Minister of State for External Affairs stated that raising the issue would equate casteism with racism, which makes India a racist country, which we are not.

CHAPTER I DEVELOPMENT OF RESERVATIONS POLICY IN THE PRE-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD The Caste System Hindu society is divided into four varna, or classes, a convention which had its origins in the Rig Veda, the first and most important set of hymns in Hindu scripture which dates back to 1500-1000 B.C.3 At the top of the hierarchy are the Brahmins, or priests,

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